Nourish Your Soul

This past week, I wrapped up a little book study with a small group of ladies. We listened to A Case for Kindness by Lisa Barrickman. In the book, the author outlines “forty kindness practices that easily fit the margins of [our] day-to-day interactions” (description from Hoopla).

Here are just a few ways we can extend kindness as described in the book (in no particular order) …

put people before projects

care for ourselves

reduce clutter in our homes; give our excess away

write a tribute to an important person who has helped shape us

be mindful of our surroundings, looking for opportunities to extend kindness

pray for people

go the extra mile for someone

leave kindness notes for others to find

take and share photographs

forgive

give gifts secretly

care for our friends

learn and use people’s names

give money

donate blood

lean in and listen

take care of the earth

To use the words of the author, “When we are out reacting to the world with kindness, we can be encouraged that our love has a three-way impact. It pleases the pourer, delights the drenched, and stirs up the splashed.”

I encourage you to check out the A Case for Kindness website. Here’s the link:

And, of course, give the book a read or a listen. You can purchase the book here: A Case For Kindness: 40 Ways to Love and Inspire Others if you like. Once you do, be sure to set some goals for you and your family to sprinkle kindness going forward. I promise I will do the same 🙂

“Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.” Proverbs 11:17

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I'm Leanne 😀I am currently on maternity leave from my job as a high school English teacher. We are small town Saskatchewan people. My husband is a Millwright and a farmer. We have three daughters ... Mackenzie (7), Madilyn (5), and Cambri (1).
I am passionate about learning, self-improvement, change, growth, development, and the like! I am also committed to a life well lived!
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